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MACHINE POR SPRINKLING FLUID POISON. ,413. Patented July 13,

lllllllll//f/ n' WITNESSES i www@ N. PETERS, miwmgmpw, wammswlkvaUNITED. STATES PATENT Orrice JOSEPH W'. CLARKE, OF'NEWNAN, GEORGIA,ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRD TO Y NATHANIEL B. GLOVER, OF SAME PLACE.

`MACHINE FOR SPRINKLING FLUID POlSON.

SPECIFICATION form-ing part of Letters Patent No. 345,413, dated July13, 1886 Application filed March 20, 1886.

Serial No. 195,914. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH W. CLARKE, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Newnan, in the county of Ooweta and State ofGeorgia,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Machines forSprinkling Fluid' Poison; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others1o skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part oft-his specification, and in which- Figure l is a front view of myimproved [5. machine for sprinkling liuid poison, showing the shaftsbroken away; and Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view on line x x, Fig.l.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both thetigures.

My invention has relation to machines for sprinkling iiuid poison overplants for the purpose of destroying insects and worms; which injure theplants, being. especially intended for the destruction of cotton-worms;and it consists in the improved construction and combination of parts ofa machine in which two pumps are operated by the wheels for forcingfluid poison from a tank into spray-pipes, as hereinafter more fullydescribed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A indicates atank, which issecured upon an axle, B, having forwardly-projecting thills C C, andprovided with wheels D D, journaled upon the ends of the aXle. Afootboard, E, connects the inner portions of the thills and serves as asupport for the feet of the driver, whose seat will be on the top of thetank. The hubs of the wheels are provided with large sprocket-wheels FF, over which pass chains G G, which pass over sprocket-wheels H H atthe outer ends of shafts I I, journaled at the forward upper edge of thetank, in bearings J J.` The sprocket-wheels revolve freely upon the endsof the shafts, and the inner faces'of the hubs of the sprocket-wheelsare formed with half-- clutches K, which may be engaged by clutchsleevesL L, which slide upon and turn with the shafts, having levers M M,engaging them 5o and shifting them when tilted. The inner ends of theshafts are provided with cranks N, which engage the slotted cross-headsO upon the pistons P of the pumps Q, and it will be seen that when theshafts are revolved the cranks will reciprocate the pistons. The pumpshave inlet-tubes R R, which enter the tank atits bottom, and outlettubesS S, which project upward and rearward in an inclined position, andwhich are 6o provided at t-he upper ends with transverse curvedperforated spraypipes T T, which may distribute the tluid in a sheet ofspray when the fluid is forced vinto them by the pumps. The top of thetank is provided with 6 5 a funnel-shaped strainer, U, through which thewater used for dissolving or diluting the poison may be strained. Itwill be seen that each pump acts independently of the other, and thatone pump may be thrown out of 7o gear and remain inactive while theother is at work, when the machine will only throw spray to one side,and when the machine is transported from one place to another thesprocket-wheels may both be thrown out of engagement with theclutch-sleeves, when they may revolve freely upon the shafts withoutaffecting the pumps.

This machine is chieliy intended to throw the spray obliquely upward, soas to allow 8o the spray tofall from above upon larger plants-as, forexample, cotton-plants; but it follows that, although the machine isprincipally intended for the purpose of destroying cotton-worms, thespray-pipes may be set at any angle, so as to direct the spray directlyupon smaller plants or in any desired direction.

I am aware that it is not new to sprinkle fluid upon plants by means ofa sprinkling 9o apparatus supplied with a set of pumps and spray-pipes,and I do not claim such construction, broadly; but l I claim, and desireto secure by Letters Patent of the United States- 95 A wheeled sprinklerhaving two distinct and separate spray-pipes, two pumps connected,respectively, one to each of said pipes and to the common tank, twoshafts, one jour- In testimony that I claim the foregoing as naled neareach end of the tank, each shaft my own I have hereunto affixed mysignature having a crank at one end and a clutch-pinion in presence oftWo Witnesses.

at the other, said clutch pinions receiving 5 their motion from thewheels of the sprinkler, JOSEPH W. CLARKE.

and a clutch-sleeve and aotuatingdever 1ocated upon each of said shafts,for causing Witnesses: both pumps to operate at the same time or VILLIAMSTALLINGS, individually, substantially as described and ORLANDOMOGLENDON.

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